Multiple displays have been available for well over 10 years now. I would think the OS makers would have them figured out by now. I guess that's what I get for thinking. On 4/12/2012 15:45, Michael Butash wrote: > Precise 12.04 now, 64bit. > > It's not so much about installing 1 or 10, it's about not a one of the > "next-gen" desktops has been ever tested with more than one > framebuffer or very large ones it seems. I'm pretty sure the problems > are not apparent in a *simple* dual monitor, single framebuffer config > (i.e. nvidia twinview), but rather when you have DISPLAY:0.0 and > DISPLAY:0.1 to the system. Compiz and the ATI drivers I'm reasonably > sure is the root of all evil, and 5760x1200 x2 displays. > > Unity with 12.04, and the unity plugin itself can somewhat deal with > multiple framebuffers now, but nautilus still causes this lovely > "white screen" effect on my second monitor set when launched. > Gnome-Shell just freezes when logging in, getting a wallpaper, but > nothing more before having to flip tty's and restart lightdm. > Cinnamon's task bars won't render at all. Kde was so-so, but most > apps had issues with the displays between the giant render modes. > > Cinnamon's half-broken state is more or less what I use, overlaying > awn and cairo to make it usable, but when I get a chance I've been > meaning to put lxde on there to see how it fares. > > I really hoped when they announced on canonical's blog a good 6 months > or more ago now they'd finally bought their dev a 6-head display to > test with maybe things would finally get better, but apparently not. > I'd love what and how they're actually testing with it as I'm still > only sorta working here, and only because I have worked around > everything that defaults to simply broken. > > Sadly I'd tried win7 for the first time on a native dual-head display > with separate framebuffers the other day, and had a bunch of quirky > issues with mremote and some others dragging between displays. Guess > Linux isn't the only one not getting it, but at least I didn't have to > pay 200 bucks for the priviledge of debugging the os for the vendor. > > -mb > > > On 04/12/2012 10:00 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> MichaelB, what release are you running? I've installed something like 8 >> Desktop Managers (DMs) on my ubuntu 11.10. I did this for a >> presentation I did on installing additional DMs. >> >> The problems I've seen are a few extra programs installed for the >> lightweight DMs, I now get the xubuntu splash at some time in startup >> and shutdown regardless of which DM I actually use, and some of the DMs >> don't play well with older projectors. Cinnamon works great. >> >> This thread is really about 12.04 and I have not tried these things on >> 12.04. >> >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Michael Butash > > wrote: >> >> I wish that were the case for me - gnome3 won't even launch with >> multiple framebuffers requiring me to drop to a tty and restart >> lightdm to choose something else. Cinnamon is broken on the same >> display as well. Sadly with the "new desktops", unity works the >> best, which isn't saying much in the least. It's like 2005 all over >> again, hacking entirely around ui short-sightedness. >> >> At this point the only thing gnome-ish left I can use is gedit and >> gnome-terminal, even nautilus is still broken on multiple displays. >> Other than that, avant-window-navigator and cairo-dock provide all >> my task and tray management. >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> On 04/11/2012 09:56 PM, Stephen wrote: >> >> Well while i may hate unity, getting gnome2/3 working is a >> cakewalk >> now. install the one you want. logout and pick the one you want. >> >> you do end up wasting space with unity still installed, but at >> least it works. >> >> ------------------------------__--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.__phoenix.az.us >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.__us/mailman/listinfo/plug-__discuss >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >> >> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to >> multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: >> or CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before sending a >> Forwarded message. This can prevent spy programs capturing addresses >> from the recipient list and message body. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >